Samsung PM863a SATA S S D Keep ahead of ever-increasing data demands Product Brief Overview Highlights With the rise of mobile, social and cloud computing, data centers are turning to Capacity: Up to 3.84 TB SSDs to meet big data demands. Samsung’s 3rd-generation V-NAND technology provides high capacities up to 3.84 TB in the same 2.5-inch form factor. Boasting Performance: Sequential R/W up to 520/480 MB/s exceptional performance, endurance and power efficiency, the new Samsung SATA Power ef ciency: Active R/W 3 W, Max. 4W, Idle 1.3 W 2.5-inch PM863a delivers superb IOPS consistency, latency and QoS (quality of service). The PM863a provides the essentials for 24/7 data center environments. It's Endurance: UBER1: 1 sector per 1017 bits read increasingly being adopted in all-flash array, JBOF (just bunch of flash) and HCIS (hyperconverged integrated systems) with qualified compatibility in the PM863. Robust performance and low TCO The PM863a is designed for mixed workload data center applications, such as CDNs (content delivery networks), streaming and web servers. With sequential R/W speeds up to 520/480 MB/s and random R/W speeds up to 97K/24K IOPS, it delivers robust performance for heavy workloads. The PM863a maintains a strong IOPS consistency2 above 99% in random read performance and superior performance in random write speeds. Generating a better performance-to-power ratio than HDDs, the PM863a reduces data center operating costs, resulting in lower TCO3. Safeguard priceless data with powerful features Enhanced data integrity The PM863a has a low probability of data corruption. End-to-end protection keeps data consistent along the entire data transfer path and Power Loss Protection 1. UBER (Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate) is a metric for the rate of occurrence of safeguards data in the write cache in the event of a power failure. Dynamic Thermal data errors, equal to the number of data errors per bits read as specified in the JESD218 document of JEDEC standard. For the enterprise application, JEDEC Guard monitors the SSD's temperature to help prevent thermal shutdown. recommends that UBER be below 10-16. 2. IOPS consistency is measured using FIO with queue depth 32. IOPS consistency Self-encrypted drives (%) = (99.9% IOPS)/(Average IOPS) x 100. The PM863a protects data with AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption without 3. TCO (total cost of ownership) results can vary depending upon the application and conditions of the contract. the performance degradation often experienced with software-based encryption. Technical specifications A technology leader in innovation Samsung designs and integrates a wide array of critical SSD components in house, including the DRAM, NAND, controller and firmware. Based on their intimate knowledge of every component, Samsung fine-tunes each element, enabling them to work in perfect synergy. MZ7LM240HMHQ MZ7LM480HMHQ MZ7LM960HMJP MZ7LM1T9HMJP MZ7LM3T8HMLP Capacity1 240 GB 480 GB 960 GB 1,920 GB 3,840 GB Seq. read (128 KB) 330 MB/s 520 MB/s 520 MB/s 520 MB/s 520 MB/s Seq. write (128 KB) 300 MB/s 480 MB/s 480 MB/s 480 MB/s 480 MB/s Performance2 Rand. read (4KB, QD32) 86K IOPS 97K IOPS 97K IOPS 97K IOPS 97K IOPS Rand. write (4KB, QD32) 9K IOPS 16K IOPS 24K IOPS 24K IOPS 24K IOPS TBW3 341 TB 683 TB 1,366 TB 2,733 TB 5,466 TB DWPD4 1.3 (3 Years) Reliability MTBF5 2,000,000 hours UBER6 1 sector per 1017 bits read Form factor 2.5 inch 7mmT Interface SATA 6.0 Gbps Dimension (WxDxH) Max. 100.2 x 69.85 x 6.8 (mm) Weight Max. 60 g NAND type Samsung V-NAND Encryption support AES 256-bit Encryption Engine Allowable voltage 5.0 V ± 5% Average power consumption7 Active read (Typ.) 3 W, Active write Max. 4 W, Idle 1.3 W Operating temperature 0 - 70°C Shock 1500 G, duration 0.5 ms, Half Sine Wave 1. 1 GB = 1 Billion bytes by IDEMA. Actual usable capacity may be less (due to formatting, partitioning, operating system, applications or otherwise). 2. Actual performance may vary depending on use conditions and environment. 1) Performance measured using IOMeter 2006 with queue depth 32, C216 Intel® SATA 6G port. 2) Measurements are performed on whole LBA range. 3) Write cache enabled. 4) 1 MB/sec = 1,048,576 bytes/sec was used in sequential performance. 3. TeraBytes Written(TBW) is measured while running 100 % random 4 KB writes across the entire SSD.(TBW = DWPD x 365 x 3 x User capacity). 4. Drive Write Per Day (DWPD) 5. MTBF is Mean Time Between Failure. As same word, annual failure ratio is 0.438%. 6. Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER) is a metric for the rate of occurrence of data errors, equal to the number of data errors per bits read as specified in the JESD218 document of JEDEC standard. For the enterprise application, JEDEC recommends that UBER shall be below 10-16. 7. Actual power consumption may vary depending on system hardware & configuration. Active write power is measured on 128 KB sequential write and active read power is measured on 4 KB random read. For more information For more information about the Samsung PM863a NVMe SSD, visit www.samsung.com/semiconductor. About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung inspires the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and technologies. The company is redefining the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, digital appliances, network systems, and memory, system LSI and LED solutions. For the latest news, please visit the Samsung Newsroom at news.samsung.com. Copyright © 2017 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Samsung is a registered trademark of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Specifications and designs are subject to change without notice. Nonmetric weights and measurements are approximate. All data were deemed correct at time of creation. 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